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Indian Railway Psycho-Technical Directorate (IRPTD)

Indian Railway Psycho-Technical Directorate (IRPTD)

About IRPTD:

Indian Railways embraced psycho-technology in 1964 in
pursuance of recommendation of Railway Accident Committee-1962 by setting up a
unit in Railway Board's office. This unit was transferred to RDSO in 1970 and
given the status of a full-fledged directorate in 1990. Since its inception the
Psycho-Technical Unit has been instrumental in development and standardization
of behavioral intervention programs and their implementation earnestly
addressing the safety concern of Indian Railways. The activities of the
directorate include research and development in the area of human resource
development, engineering psychological tools formed as 'aptitude tests' for
safety category railway staff who are directly involved in train operation and
ergonomics. The focus is also on job analysis, motivation, stress management,
safety supervision, counseling and appraisal of tools and work places. The vast
experience of its existence has enabled the directorate to develop expertise in
the field of human factors and safety, which is unique in the country.

Scope of Psycho-Technical Directorate:

Main objective of directorate is to increase job performance,
job satisfaction and motivation of employees as well as prevention of accidents
due to human lapses. In this perspective, directorate is engaged in research
studies on variables considered important for traffic safety so that phenomena
of accidents causation could be understood. On the basis of information obtained
through research studies programmes, which aim to reduce accidents induced by
human factors, are developed and executed.

RDSO

Sh. R.K. Lal, IRTS, Executive Director/Traffic (Psych)

Dr. S.M. Khan, Jr. Scientific Officer/Psych

Km. Lakshmi Saxena, Jr. Scientific Officer/Psych

Zonal Regional Centers

Sh. S.K. Pant, Jr. Scientific Officer/Psych, ER, Kolkata

Km Preeti Sonkar, Jr. Scientific Officer/Psych, NR, New
Delhi

Sh. Awadhesh Kumar, Jr. Scientific Officer/Psych, NER,
Gorakhpur

Jr. Scientific Officer/Psych, CR, Mumbai-Vacant

Sh. Satish, Jr. Scientific Officer/Psych, WR, Mumbai

Dr. K.V. Ramana, Jr. Scientific Officer/Psych, SCR,
Secunderabad

Sh. Manish Kumar, Jr. Scientific Officer/Psych, SER,
Kolkata

Smt. Kalita, Jr. Scientific Officer/Psych, NFR, Guwahati

Sr. Scientific Officer/Psych, SR, Chennai - Vacant

Main activities of Psycho-Technical Directorate:

Scientific job analysis

Development and standardisation of aptitude tests.

Estimation of training needs of employee’s and provides
guidelines for development of training programmes.